Title: Research cyberbiosecurity and how it relates to the various biotechnology industries.
Course: Biotechnology Applications in Agriculture (18308-III) > Section: Applying Biotechnology in Agriculture

Research should include

- defining cyberbiosecurity as a field that aims to identify and mitigate security risks fostered by the digitization of biology and biotechnology automation
- recognizing the potential for or actual malicious destruction, misuse, or exploitation of valuable information, processes, and material at the interface of the life sciences and digital worlds
- types of cyberattacks affecting the biotechnology industry
  - managing security risks
  - protecting scientific data and intellectual property
  - ransomware
  - threat mitigation strategies.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How important is data security and governance to the industry, and how has this changed over the years as new discoveries are made and biotechnology becomes a more lucrative target for cybercriminals?
- What considerations need to be made in terms of data security for cloud-based platforms?
- What are the effects of intellectual property theft?